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Posted: Thu May 01, 2008 1:31 pm 
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stupid question....but what is a shift kit?

I took my V8 ghia EF for tranny service, and he told me it shifts firm- like its got a shift kit? what else does it do? and whats the advantages???

 

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Posted: Thu May 01, 2008 2:47 pm 
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"it shifts firm" means that there is no slack between gears, slides right in, when you dont have a firm shift there is like a limobo mode between gears then bangs into gear...

shift kit just makes it change gears quicker, advantages... makes gear change quicker in a race so your more likely to get the upper hand over a car not fitted with one

 

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Posted: Thu May 01, 2008 2:51 pm 
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yeah kno what ya mean, i have an eb2 sedan 6cyl, this like flows into 2nd on 80 k's no limbo....really smooth change

 

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Posted: Thu May 01, 2008 5:52 pm 
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edfairmont4.0 wrote:
what resistors used?


i used the ones that were stated in the instructions

 

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Posted: Thu May 08, 2008 1:32 am 
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anybody have s5 solenoid specs , supply voltage , coil resistance , trying to control mine with pwm ??? freq, duty cycle ?????

 

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Posted: Thu May 15, 2008 9:47 pm 
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HI will a shift kit help change gears before hitting the rev limiter? or will continue to do so?
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Posted: Thu May 15, 2008 9:58 pm 
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it MAY but im leaning towards no

 

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Posted: Tue May 20, 2008 11:23 pm 
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can anyone make one of these for me as i was never good with electrics

i got a el futura, and its shifting really slow. Don't care if the auto s**t itsself as it will get a new gearbox very soon and just want to have some fun with it for the mean time
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Posted: Tue May 20, 2008 11:27 pm 
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Fullyxr6 wrote:
HI will a shift kit help change gears before hitting the rev limiter? or will continue to do so?


shift pattens are exactly the same it ONLY CHANGES HOW FAST THE BOX CHANGES... so instad of taking 1.5 seconds it takes less then a second to change.

 

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Posted: Sun Jun 08, 2008 4:27 pm 
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Hey guys.
Just got myself my first ford (El fairmont) after having 5 commodores.
Just did a complete service on the car ( god damn distributor wtf is with its position ) and installed a shift kit as well.

BUT i used a On Off On switch
What different does this make?
Is having it on off turn it off?
And what does the other 2 on's do?
One for 18ohm(firm) n one for 5.6ohm(soft)?
Is that correct?

If so which one do i keep it on when not wanting to use shift kit?
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Posted: Sun Jun 08, 2008 7:43 pm 
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On off on switch might be the multi firmness switch.

Allows for different levels of shift firmness and of course the off position.

 

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Posted: Sun Jun 08, 2008 8:38 pm 
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it would go into limp mode if its just a standard dpdt switch as one side would be on and other side would be off and centre would be disconnecting wires.

 

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Posted: Mon Jun 09, 2008 11:06 am 
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Now im confussed.
Yeh it has 6 connectors but i joined them up to 3 on one side.
From what i know the ecu hasnt gone into limp mode.. Yet.

It seems off it doesnt do anything, flick it up it will get a bit firmer and flick it down it will chirp..
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Posted: Wed Jun 25, 2008 11:59 am 
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i put in one of these shift kits and i think the shift isnt firm enough, i have an ED GLi which i have rigged up with the 18ohm and 5.6 ohm resistor and it does nothing. And it isnt going in Limp Home Mode so it must be working but the shift is pretty well the same as stock. Different resistors?

 

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Posted: Wed Jun 25, 2008 10:59 pm 
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can that shift kit be done on an au?
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